Rocking-chair and fan



NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE FLEIG, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

RoCKINe-CHAIR AND FAN.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 52,1103, dated February 6, 1866.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that l, GEORGE FLEIG, of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improved Combined Itocking- Chair and Revolving Fan 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in attaching to a rockin g-chair a revolving fan, the rocking of the chair imparting, through the medium of a low rod, a reciprocating rotary motion to the fan.

To enable skilled mechanics to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

On reference to the accompanying drawings, which forni a part of this speciiication, Figure l is a side view. Fig. 2 is an end view, showing the forked post, bow-rod, and fan-box; and Fig. 3 is a bottom View of the rockers, showing the straps or cords.

A is a rocking-chair placed on the stand or platform B. C is a forked post attached to the same platform. The fan-box D is lsecured to its upper end. E is a bow-rod pinned to the end nearest to the post of either of the rockers, allowing it to vibrate freely. Its cord a is wrapped or turned around the shaft b of the revolving fan F, (shown in dotted red lines,) so that when the chair is rocked it (the bow rod) rises and lowers and a reciprocating rotary motion is imparted to the fan.

It is necessary that the chair shall always be in the same relative position. To this end same rocker are attached to it at different Y ends, and are also attached to the platform B oppositely, as in Fig. 3.

rlhe cord c is attached to the rocker at and passing under it is attached to the platform at y, while the strap d is attached to the opposite end,x, of the same rocker and to the platform at y.

1 propose to use either cords or straps, or by cutting groovesin the under sides ofthe rockers to use cords only.

The fan-box can with equal facility be placed in the fork by erecting the post directly opposite to the center of the chair and projecting the shaft b beyond the prong c for the cord of the bow-rod.

rPhe openingsff of the fan-box can be constructed for pi1' e-conneotions and an elastic or jointed pipe be employed to convey the current of air to where the occupant of the chair may desire.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The chair A, the bow-rod E, the fan F, and the cords or straps c c d d', arranged and operating substantially as herein specified and described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto sign my name to this specication in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE FLEIG. 

